1936 Naval Revolt
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The 1936 Naval Revolt (Portuguese: Revolta dos Marinheiros de 1936 lit. 1936 Sailors' Revolt) or Tagus boats mutiny (Motim dos Barcos do Tejo) was a mutiny in Portugal that occurred on 8 September 1936 aboard the aviso Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão. It was organized by the Revolutionary Organization of the Fleet (Organização Revolucionária da Armada, ORA), a left-wing group with links to the Portuguese Communist Party.
1936 Portuguese naval revolt | |||||||
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Mutineers are arrested by government police forces. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Estado Novo | Organização Revolucionária da Armada | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
António de Oliveira Salazar | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Shore defences 1 submarine |
1 aviso 1 destroyer | ||||||
Political support | |||||||
National Union | Portuguese Communist Party | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
Both ships beached 12 sailors killed 20 sailors wounded 238 sailors arrested |
The mutiny broke out on 8 September 1936 among communist sailors in the Portuguese Navy's two newest warships moored in the estuary of the Tagus River near Lisbon. Their aim was ostensibly to take part in the Spanish Civil War alongside the Republicans by sailing to a Republican-held port in the Mediterranean. However, the revolt failed and the convicted sailors were the first to be sent to the Tarrafal concentration camp established in the Cape Verde Islands to house political prisoners.[1]